We are almost at the end of 2020, and with the end of a year comes the oppor­tu­ni­ty to reflect on our most pop­u­lar arti­cles pub­lished dur­ing the year:

1. COVID-19 Ten­an­cy Update by Mary Digiglio & Tony D’Agosti­no | Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects | 24 Sep­tem­ber 2020

2. COVID-19 | Redun­dan­cy pay­ments dur­ing the cri­sis by Michael Byrnes | Employ­ment law | 23 April 2020

3. Defin­ing An​‘Offi­cer’ Under the Cor­po­ra­tions Act: Case Note — Aus­tralian Secu­ri­ties and Invest­ments Com­mis­sion v King [2020] HCA 4 by Marc Bad­dams | Lit­i­ga­tion | 7 April 2020

4. Claim­ing to be a mod­­­ern-day Mr Dar­cy was no defence to sex­u­al harass­ment by Michael Byrnes | Employ­ment law | 12 August 2020

5. The NSW Con­struc­tion Indus­try – where are we at in 2020? by Helen Kow­al | Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects | 24 June 2020

6. COVID-19 | The lat­est on com­mer­cial ten­an­cies by Mary Digiglio | Prop­er­ty, Plan­ning & Projects | 30 March 2020

7. Right to toi­let break a relief for employ­ees by Michael Byrnes | Employ­ment law | 2 Sep­tem­ber 2020

8. COVID-19 | Too much time together….are you think­ing of leav­ing the Fam­i­ly Home? by Car­o­line Bass | Fam­i­ly law | 26 April 2020

9. Insol­ven­cy Update | Statu­to­ry Demands, Bank­rupt­cy and Insol­vent Trad­ing by Esther Khoo | Lit­i­ga­tion | 26 March 2020

10. Intel­lec­tu­al Prop­er­ty in a Cyber World by Eric Ziehlke | Cyber law | 1 Sep­tem­ber 2020

For a com­plete list of arti­cles from all areas of law vis­it our pub­li­ca­tions page or to keep up to date with the lat­est news and updates with­in the legal indus­try each month, email marketing@​swaab.​com.​au.

If you would like to repub­lish this arti­cle, it is gen­er­al­ly approved, but pri­or to doing so please con­tact the Mar­ket­ing team at marketing@​swaab.​com.​au. This arti­cle is not legal advice and the views and com­ments are of a gen­er­al nature only. This arti­cle is not to be relied upon in sub­sti­tu­tion for detailed legal advice.

Publications

The Work­place Vac­cine Man­date Myth Buster Case

In the recent Fair Work Com­mis­sion deci­sion of Eileen Owens v I‑Med Radi­ol­o­gy Ltd [2022] FWC 1823, an inter­locu­to­ry judg­ment con­sid­er­ing…

The Omi­cron Work­place Safe­ty Dilemma

The Omi­cron vari­ant has, in a mat­ter of weeks, trans­formed the COVID-19 sit­u­a­tion in the east­ern states of Aus­tralia. In New…

Covid-19 Vac­ci­na­tions for chil­dren – What hap­pens if you and the oth­er par­ent can­not agree?

As NSW hits the 70% vac­ci­na­tion mark and we get clos­er to return­ing to the life we knew before the…

In the News

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, Sack­ing over anti-vaxxer protest at CFMEU HQ jus­ti­fied” — pub­lished in the Aus­tralian Finan­cial Review on 6 Jan­u­ary 2022

Michael Byrnes is quot­ed in the arti­cle, ​“Sack­ing over anti-vaxxer protest at CFMEU HQ jus­ti­fied”, pub­lished in the Aus­tralian Finan­cial…

Con­struc­tion Sites to Return to Full Capac­i­ty from 27 Sep­tem­ber 2021

Con­struc­tion Sites to Return to Full Capac­i­ty from 27 Sep­tem­ber 2021  Since 19 July 2021, NSW Con­struc­tion sites have either been…

Retail and Oth­er Com­mer­cial Leas­es (COVID-19) Amend­ment Reg­u­la­tion 2021

Vic­to­ria has passed enabling leg­is­la­tion for anoth­er rent relief scheme for retail and com­mer­cial ten­ants. How­ev­er, the spe­cif­ic details about…

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